The Sun. — London, England, 1809-01-16 00:00:00

TO 'CORR SP 0 ND.E Nt S We are much obliged to our friend W, W. , 46r his liberal hint. as.well as for the compliment which.he pays us on, the earliness - and authenticity of our Intelligence. We can :.ssure him that we' never resort to the measure of which he 'complains, but when we consider it as our duty to gra '. ,titY the impatience of the Public upon subjetas in which they feet 4 strong interest and anxiety. MAILS. Als. a v x Ddblin, 271 a- 4 Cottenbutgh, z 14Ia1ta. PRICE OF STOCKS TIM DAY AT TtVgt o'cLocK. Consols . . 661.1 Red: Ann. - . 65; THE sIX 14. 80411 A DICIRA&SUN/ AIJDRAT ? ' • L O,N D 0 IV, JAIVAU Y 16, 1809. . On Saturday the Expedition which had been assembled at . Portsmouth, sailed for Spain, under onvot.of his Majesty's Ships Mule and /AC-- Thc.y are destined, we understand, for Vigo. From this circOrnstance we are induced to believe that it . i;Sir Jour; Moona's intention not to re-embark, except in the last extremity. The reinforcements which he will soon receive will, we trust, enable him to defend the passes of Gallicia, notwithstand ing the great superiority of the . gneMy its point of numbers. • Veiterday nulc:h Papers to the .i st instant reached town ; The only intelligence they bring is contained in an article from Vienna, dated the i i h nit. which *Wei, that another Revolution has taken place 'at Cianstanticopk, in, which MusTAPIJA B4IRACTER hJs fallen. This man, who seemed calculated by the extent of his abilities, and the energy ot his chit . raaer ; to restore the Ottoman Empire to something like its former power, lOst.his life itt an attempt to introduce sonic reforms in the State', and particularly among the Janissaries, a body of men almost useless , in a military point of view,, artd;yho, 'f . ttr many' years hove been formidable only to their Sovereign and his improyei - oents which have taken place in the disdipline and iatsics of modern acalio, LIM not escape the observation of ,many ih- telligent .n en in the Turkish Government, and va rious attempts have been made within these few years, to introduce the European discipline into the grtirhish Armies: these attempts have not only failed, but the Authors of them hitVe anifigmly 'their lives. .rrom the peculiar energy which marked BnritAcTEtes charaeter, and the popularity he had atquired,. we entertained some hopes that lie would live. succeeded in iris 'aftloottsUndertaking, but he was pubic to enlighten the brutish stupidity of the fi:ittissaries, and an insurrection built° out in 'Con-. statitinople on the t 4th of November. During the v0 1 ,.34 1 of that clay, that Capital Wil3 a scene of slangh= ter, tint the .Linisiaries were ultimately successful, as the itith : they made an attack upon . the Palaces and'Bmlitcr.kilt, 'other than fallciiitti,into att.: hand, of his enemies, blew himself up, having ineviOnsly, thi= deposed Grand Signior Mt/STA-NM 'We do not knoW,whether Mr. Anatrt wait in Con- stantinople during Ibill dreadful scene, nor have w: as Yel tiny Means of jud;ing of the,effea whit,.lr this Revolution , is likely to produce qn the Cuuncils of the Porte. ' Some piivate 'Letters, which , were roceived at the same time with these Papers, stale; that Ile Einperof of Atts-rittA continues his Military pre. , arininnS, and that the -Troor3 li ue ,lately. made 6onlowovements which indicate a hostile divosition towa,-cl, France. The following particulars respeCt i ing the, capture of his Majesty's Schooner Raolt,'vvere communicat ed in , a Igttei• from thu Master who succeLled. Lieutenant Lawrence, in the oommand of the Ship and from the 'mouth of the only survivor 'of the onfo4ututte crow who has hitherto reached Eng hid, and, who himself' was shot through the wrist pod shoulder, besides game wounds with a cutlass ' , " The Rank, Lieutennut James Lawrence, sailed „. fro y m Plmouth, under the orde r s of Admiral Young, on the 44th of 'June, 1808, with , divateltes for the `west Indies. After a fine passager.she arrived at Jaiviaica, from, whet ice, after having,wai,ted a .few &pito refitilmd take in specie, she sailed fer i .Eng. land, August 4111., Fortwo days they were follow, ed by' a- E'rettch Schootior (which ia Fret ty generally tha caw when a Ship has any money on' board, and of which intelligehca is soon at so m e of the french Iltlau t is);. b u t whom they (xlO4. On !nth Ur ivugit'st, 41 'day-light, they, Ml in with two French Sstioonctc;, and immediately cleared for ac tion: on the 'largest Vessel cutting alongside with Intd not nosweril when flailed, but igulitdiately hoisting Freußit r OlOnts, 1 4 aw. rel‘ce shot the French Coptain a ,When a most despe- Idle /talon commenced I after an hour' s hord,fight" qtr,L: received leis last wound tryst rnw ket ball,`.and the Rook WAS immediately c3rried by boarding, the French Officers repeatedly calling .to the men to give no quarter. . Mr. Stewart, the Master,. received, seven, most desperate wounds with a cutlass, of which he after- wards recovered, but I am sorry to add is since dead of the yellow fever. Mr. Donnelly, the Clerk, was also dangerously wounded in .- thO s groiir,. but is now recovered. Mr. George Reed, an Officer in the Royal Artillery,, who has served his country on the island of Jamaica for 2& years, and who was related by marriage to Lieutenant Lawrence, was induced to embark on board the Rook, with, a very dansider- Able property, in hopes tore-visit his native country; but was inhumanly killed by the enemy when boarding ; and so eager w hero they to get posseasinn of a valuable ring which he happened to have on hi s finger, that thdy nearly cut .his,hand off to attain it. The survivors were stripped naked, put in their boat and turned adrift; but by the exertions of four who . were. not wounded, they reach edlanci and- were most hospitably received by the nati+es. The Rook was so much daMaged that the enemy could not get her into port, and therefore 'set fire'to her. ' " 14Awkewcn was a native of Hampshire, of a very respe6table family, and added to the in trepid courage and humanity of the British seaman,, a suavity of manners and disposition which endeared him to a numerous circle orrelations and friends, by wham his memory will be long cherished, lie fell at the age of 29 years, leaving behind him a widoW and infant daughter to lament Isis loss." On SatUrday, at one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held: at the Foreign Office, which sautill past four. There will be a Drawing-room ,at St. James's, on Wednesday next, the 1 fi r th inst. when her Majesty's Birth-day will be kept. • A letter from Falmouth says, that accounts re ceived there from Rio Janiero, of the•end of Nov. stale, that ' lwo : British Vessels, laden with goods of British manufaature, have been seized by the Span iards in the river Plata. • ' • Captain COCK, of. the Townshend Packet, arrived in town yesterday from the Brazils, with dispatches from the Portuguese Government, and Sir S. SMITII,• which are said to be of a very agreeable nature. The Townsliend pertormed the voyage from Rio Janeiro to Falmouth in forty-ono clays. Saturday the QUEEN,' Princesses AtiOUSTAs and ELIZABETH, 'llOllOtHEd Lady CHARLOTTE' FINCH with a visit, at her apartments in St. Jaines's.Palace. • Yesterday the ROYAL FANI IL Y attended divine ser vice in the Citteen's Palace, which was performed the Rev. Dr, Gsrvroist, the Chaplain in waiting. j Yesterday tilts' PritlCess CHARLOTTE of WALES . paid a Visit to theiy Ms:CyrlaS and tho PR I NCOSSES. ' Yesterday the 'Dukes of CUMBER LA Nil and Sus sex dined with her MAJEtiTY, who on Saturday and - yesterd,ty evening had .Seleet parties. On Saturday the Prince of WALES and th'e ROYAL Ilutscs' paid their respe6ts to their MAJESTIES. By'a letter. from Liverpool, of the itth instant, which informs us or the capture of the Lydia and Lout cranstoul4 we have intelligence that four FrenCh., Frigates and two Corvettes, under a Com . modere,,had left Cherbourg!) on the evening of the 10th November. It wets supposed from the latitude in which one of them. (the iimphitrife) was covered, that they were proceeding tO• the West Via TuctanahThe tragedy of Otizellw was re presented on Saturday last at the HaytnarkerTheat and Mr. YoyNo assumed the hero of the piece. This charafter has so often appeared before• the ,public, that .the manner is now determined; and it is 'hardly possible for ,tty performer to thrown .new light Upon it. Mr. YOUNG was content to :perform it with lino and siMplicity, and the same good sense which has hitherto marked his „ aaing, was conspicuous on this occasion. He was chiefly suc cessful ih the scenes with lago, and particularly in tliat in which he demands some proof of his wife's imputed disloyalty: He was' much applauded thiptighollt. COOKRIS hoarsens was so - much in 'creased, that he could only give a faiht outline of /ago, a eharatter which he has generally rendered, very effeClive. CHAULES KEMBLE'S Cassio is one of his best cifOrts, and he was -particularly successful in, the drunken scene. Miss NoRTON deserves praise and encouragement for her zeal.amt assiduity, but ,tragedy is not her forte, aid the port of Desde mow is aboVe her pretensi ons. Mrs, St. Lahates. ;- Emilia was marked • ley fervour and expressi on. • • Ttift OntRA.--”The King's Theatre was better at- tended on Saturday last than on the previous nights. The . co: sic Opera of La Capricciosa Pentita was i. repeated, but not with bolter effeU. COLLINI does not seem to improve in public estimation, It has been justly observed, that by attempting to imitate CATALANI, she exposes herself to comparisons not likely to be of Service to her. P'EGVILLO haft eon,- posed a neW Ballet,'entitled Les Amours de 61,lauque ou, La Pengeonce de Venus. Perhaps it may' ten- prove on repetition, but at present it is more 'sur-' prising than intelligible; .Three new Performers are announced, In order to keep up the spirits of the Subscribers: Signora PtIOJETTe, Madame gu'ssANo, who. is to be Dennz, and Signor PEDRAZZI, W 110,4 to be the first tenor. There is an attempt to throw ridicule upon the plan suggested , by the of erecting a new Opera House, but it is Certain that several of them have resolved upon this measure, unless rnore;effe6tual arrangements take place'in the present - Theatre.. ' „ „ rriday last tne t.IANCELLOR, of 010,TEvity. Rur it received the bitidingi for ft new .LOttery of 2(1,0(w rickets, to be 'drawn in row days, bow) Tickcti each day s and to titiiin in April. l'ho Bid ders were ',Messrs. HENS LEY r and P0.14,1tv, Eu, m. IlicitAttnso l m, COrT i SPIEWELL,' tMessrs. fiLINSLCY - pd Put4sy being the highest Bid ders, the Contraa was taken by them.—Ticket s will commence delivery at the Bank of England to the chlice-keepers on Wednesday next; to! whom an immediate applickion must be inatle,to procure any particuhr number. NAVAL NEWS, _Prom Mt LONDON G4ZATT,B, Yam. 14, dato L . ildmifall o y-Office j Jan. 14, 18og. - Copy of a Letter from Rear-Admiral the Hths. Sir Alexander Cochrane, K.B. Commander, in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the Leeward Islands, to the Hon: W. VV. Pole, dated on board.the . Belleisle, at Barhadoes, Od. at, !US. SIR, . . I inclose, for the information of the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, the Copy .of a Letter from Capt. Sanders, of His Majesty's Sloop Bellette, giving an account of hii capturing a large - Schooner Privateer of seven guns and seventy men. am,, , • ALEX. COCHRANE. • Ilis Majesty's Sloop Bellette, at. Sea, SIR, 33(1.0g. 148. I have the honour to inform you, that His Mal jesty's .Sloop Bellette, under my Command, hai captured, after a Chace of four hours, the French Schooner Privateer Confiance s mounting, sever! guns (pierced for sixteen), with a complement of seventy men, three days. from Cayenne. • have the Honour to be, Ste. (Signed) GEO. SANDERS. Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane K.B. Commatitterin , • . , iidnlzraiy Office, Jan. 14, 1809. . , Extra} of a Letter front Itear-Adiniral Sir R. C. Kees , K.B. addressed to Vice-Admiral Sir wines Saurnarez, Bart. and K. 13. and transmitted to the Honourable W. W. Pole, dated on board His Majesty's Ship the Superb, or cot tenburgh. I have the hpnour herewith to transmit a Letter which has been addressed to Capt—Sir Aichibakt Dickson, of the Orion, by Capt. Morris,• of the Magnet, reporting to him the capture, off the Island of Bornholm, of the Danish . Cutter Privateer\ Padilla, mounting ten guns, and with accrps: of forty-two men. • His Majesty's Sloop Magnet, off BortIlioir:), SIR, ' Dec.. 5, 008.. . . I have to inform yott that, cruizing in obeditn:ce to your orders, I discovered at noon'a Cutter-under Bornholm, and, by disguising His Majesty's Brig under my. COMMillia, SUCCetlieti in drawing her Off the land, when-I chaced 'and , came up with her 'at dusk, the north end of Bornholm, bearing .S.S.E. two miles. . ' , . She is called the Paulina, 'a . D an i s h P r i vateer, mounting ten guns (four and eight-pounders), and manned with tbrty-two' men ; from , Copenhagen twelve days, and h a d not made' any capture;. her guns, except three,- were throWn ‘pverboard ddring 'i the chace'. - - • I have the ,honour.to be, 8:c. GEO. MORRIS. _ • To ,air ' A. C. Dickson, Bart.. Captain of . iiliy Majesty's Snip Orion. .4dmiralty-Office, Jan. 14. Copy of a Letter from Charles Gill, Esq. Commander of tits Majesty's Sloop Onyx, to; the Hun. W. W. Pule, dated Hull Roots,. 0, dog, El lt I beg leave to inform you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the,Mmiritic . Y. that thenorning of the Ist when in 30—long. 3. we discovered a strange ,Brig au the lee bow, 'standing to the southward, on which ,we made the private signal. ' She immediately shew ed Dutch colours, and hove to, as if prepared for battle. Wa kept our, wind until eight o'ciock,when, being perfectly ready, we.bore down, , and brought herto etas& a(lioa. The. Enemy attempted several times to rake us, but, from one superior sailing, we were enabled to foil every ammo . .. At half past ten she struck her colours, being much cut np in her sails and rigging, and having most of her guns disabled by the superior fire kept up by the Onyx, which, considering the very heavy sea, displayed a cool and steady conduCt, by far beyond any thing I could expel from so young a Ship's• Company, end nierits my warmest commendations. She proved to be'the Data). National Brig Manly, formerly British, and ,captured by the Dutch in the River, Ems. She mounts twelve eighteen-pounder carronades, and' four long brass six-pounders, with a complement of ninety-tour men; commanded by Captain-Lieu tenant J. W. Heneyman, of the Dutch Navy. • I am happy to say'our loss is much more trifling than might be expeo'led front so long and close a Confliet, which can. be only accounted' for . by,the very heavy sea. running the whole' of the time, having only three wounded, and the enemy five killed and six wounded. , feo' mdre pleaige in announcing her capture, as she ' sailed from the create], ' ip c o mp any w i t h another Brig, i for the sole purpose of annoying and intercepting our trade with HelikOlond, sh e has made one . small capture from Embden, laden with 'oats; supposed to be for England. I beg leave to recominend to their Lordships' no tice my First Lieutenant, Mr,'E, W. Garrett, who is .an old and very deserving Officer, and to whose advice . and assistance I feel rnuch indebted ; a l so Mr. Wc.Trewren ; th e Second Lieutenant; who is a deserving good Officer, and to whose zeal and aetivitY the service, is 'Much indebted. •I cannot pass' over in silence the assistance received . from •Mr. G. D. Louis, Ading Master, w hose exertions in manoeuvring the Brig, so as . te completely toil the. Enemy's schemes to rake, evinced a great display of profes sional skill, and whose condrid the whole of ; the time was highly meritorious, as i well as that of., Mr, Z. Webb, the, Purser, who volunteered his services in the direaion of the small arm Men and marines. • I have, &c (Signed) CHAS. GILT, A Gist of Killed end Wounded on hoard his Majesty's:443li' Onyx, and the Dutch . Notional. lids Manly during the/re Von of the tat latlllarY; 1809. .s ' Onyx, 10 Guns and-70 Meat, None killed. Thomas Smith, Searnan, badly wounded. Vinci Harlow, I) slightly wounded. Ames LangwOrth, goy, badly wounded, since dea4. , . Mal. 16 Guns and 94 M en. 5 killed 'and 6 wount • (Signed) C.-11AS. CILL, Captain. FA/34(MM ,JAN. 13.—Arrived this day the Ship Canada, STAlttaigo Master, from,. London for Suri nato : she sailed from hence on the 2d instant, der copvoy of Ibis. Majesty's Ship Alert,' and put back this day, having` thrown her guns overheard in the gale, and received some other damage. Also arrived His. Majesty's Brig Swallo Ewa, from a cruize ; and the Townsewl Packet Cocx; from the Brazils, 42 days from Rio de Ja. niero. Mr. Cocx; -on his landing, went off with dispatches in a Chaise and lour for London. No thing bas transpired relative to them. Arrived the-Brig Herd, CV!. BALL, from Cc runna, which place she (eft on the 4th instant for Vigo., but was driven off the coast. It was reported when Capt. Bsi.L. left, that the British army had been surrounded by the French. Sailed yesterday the Dispatch Packet for Corona, with Mails. -,rlr; PLY4OUTH, JAN. I 4.-4013 fOrelloOil a large Transport got under sail in Cat Water, and in pass ing through the several Ships lying there, ran foul of the: French Brig Caroline, laden • with a va. luable cargo of sugar, cooe, pepper, tea, nankeen, &c. The fluke of the Transport's,anchor stuck in the bows of the. latter, and in a short time afterwards she sunk in 'deep water, where she at present re , mains: the utmost exertions are using to, weigh her, which are likely to he eticaual, but the greatest part of the cargo will be so damaged . as to render it of little value. The Caroline was captured and brought in about a week since by L'Ectair SlOop War. The Gibraltar, of 8Q guns, is come into harbour to refit. Atrived PEATSOIf, from it John'tt; with masts ; 'the Susarrand P0 . 113f, SHAW ' flora 'Aperiire, laden with. wine; •tho Pheasafit ,SlRop of \Vrar frtim r Portsmouth and four li g h t 'L am y prta • ffprn the Eastward. Sailed the Gls/chit/di Sloan of Wai-vr sevora! light Tratisports under oinyoy for * Vigo t h e! , Gold jinc4 Sloop of, War v.;lth Dispatches fs.y Spain i and . Rowena armed B r i g t ot F a l mouth. S4iltl' the Sloop of War ott acruizc., • PORTSNOUTIf, JAN. 15.--Arrived his Majesty's Ships Mars, .Arassau, eilvavirkr, and 'hie!, toge ther with a small convoy, from the Dowt,s ;Ilse his,Majesty's Ships Linnct, a:fender, and Sprightly .k from 4 cruize i and the True Briton, Cumtelland, and Lord Melville East Indianaen, from the Doi,vnsi Sailed the Fisgard, Niobe, and Isis Frigates, with a convoy of Transports, f or S pa i n ; also t h e FFirm, , LieUt. Lirrrst, for Guer nse y ; an d t h e D exterou s, Lieut. Ton:tut:sox, for a cr u i ze , • DEAL, JAN. lb.—Sailed' his Msje3(y's Ship iftvtn' eible for Portsmouth and ti w Vranw Lisboa a,c I KINSAI.E, JAN. 0.7-AfriVC&tile S'aily, from Virginia, with 330 hogsheads of tobacco. 'now Master reports that the Embargo is taken WI, but the truth bf this statement isytry much doubted. The Laurel Sloop of War, of 22- guns, comniand, ed by Captain Woot,comus,.fitted out at Plymouth; nod sent to cruitze in the Indian Seas, is reported to have beeo taken by a Frenell . Frigate 61'44 guns, tax which she surrendered without firing a gun, :The American Ship Briatrs, Of New York, was! `captured by the Pame Ernotif Privateer on the It tl,t• of Septemhetlatt, and carried into Cayenne. Tho -Brutus was condemned by the Gevernor, V t eTOli, Under the French Decree of the 17th Decd. 1607, notwithstaticling she was at an English . port , in India, at th e t i me that Decree , was issued. in a conversation that took place between Captain ,En- WARDS and the - governor, the latter descanted on the' unfortunate situation in which America was placed ? being neither governed at home nor resPeaettahroad; and made a transition to the happiness enjoyed by „those nations which reposed under his proteaing' The Americans," lie added, " arc a most ungrateful people—they treat with insult the nation ;4whose powerful assistance they ow e their inde pendence; an d I s h ould be willing to lose my right . anus in a war that should terminate in the: conquest of .the., United States of America.'" The' sena' ments avowed by ,Vivrott iinoults arc, we be' lieve, yery generally entertained throughout lb ( ' • French nation. The violations of the cnibargo in the Lreited ‘States are frequent and` successful. In some cases, where Revenue Officers have , been put on board . suspicitius vessels to prevent their sailing, these men have been carried out to sea, .and 'not u n tie- • quently visited the four quarters of the globe, meat against their inclinations no donbt. The detention o f t h e L or a l lotart Packet, ill OdObt.T, was owing to. snipieions „ entertained ,of a quantity .of - specie being. secter.4 on board.-- When the Officer from their hesapeake boarJea the Packer, he detnanded from CaPtuin if she' had a clearance from the Custinu,ho am; '2subsequenily required to see his Coireriission- Captain HAMILTON: replied, ties beit , g a GOvern-. - i 4 Writ Ship he never cleared hem any Custom ' Itolise and thai he- could hot with propriety `Strew his coMmission to any Officer suing Under foreign Power. The Packet wa, teen ordered to anchor ; and the same day Lipton HA 5110.014 represented. the affair to COIOtiVI BARCLAY* the British - Consul.' d a ys after, an (hiker from the Chesapeake came aientside ttnd 'said that the COminoclore was smistied that - the ,t ore. was a Packet, and that the de.itand . o f t h e com mission wa s waved, but as intOrrnation had bells lodged against the Packet for lia l viog a great gnaw' tity of specie , secreted On bond, be. required a de claration from the Captain and Passengevs as to that point, the Legislature of New York has:voted 100,0 00 dollars 'for fortifying the Narrows, and appointed a Committee to expedite the en;otlpt ion of the Woiks, Iu the event o f a the a.ftlitiimal fortiticaionl I Will enable this., port to bid defiance to the most IV. of t o - I r.„.